IBNAM Fosters Exchange Program with University of Gothenburg, Sweden Samuel I. Stupp, director of Northwestern’s Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine (left), and Olle Larkö, dean of the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, sign an education and research exchange agreement at a Dec. 8 ceremony in Gothenburg. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg…

Researcher Wins Prestigious National Achievement Award Maureen Smith, MS, CGC, has been awarded the 2009 Natalie Weissberger Paul National Achievement Award, the most distinguished honor within the National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC). The annual award honors “one outstanding member who has served NSGC with exemplary national achievement and volunteer activities on behalf of NSGC…

Medical Scientist Training Program Allows Students to Earn MD/PhD, Prepare for Careers as Academic Physician-Scientists Each year, about 15 students enter the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) to pursue combined Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Philosophy (MD/PhD) degrees. This program, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), requires three…